Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 13**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 03/25/0005

**(In Contracts)**
Futures Based On:	Call Cotton Based New York				Open Futures Contracts New York Board of Trade
Futures Based On:	Unfixed Call Sales	Change From Previous Week	Unfixed Call Purchases	Change From Previous Week	At Close 03/24/2005	Change From Previous Week
May 2005	6,163	-635	1,518	-95	75,007	-7,845
July 2005	13,839	-337	2,184	144	25,760	1,731
October 2005	5,038	121	609	0	1,586	95
December 2005	8,365	597	7,717	436	11,241	819
March 2006	4,922	1,265	42	0	2,042	101
May 2006	2,762	330	30	0	565	-8
July 2006	3,686	386	1,452	-61	482	0
October 2006	533	75	0	0	0	0
December 2006	1,543	239	0	0	138	0
March 2007	113	5	0	0	0	0
May 2007	0	0	30	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	48	0	0	0
Totals	46,977	2,046	13,630	424	116,821	-5,107
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future. Open futures contracts are for March 24, 2005 because the Exchange was closed for the Holiday on March 25, 2005. This report is published by the Commission's Division of Market Oversight. If you have any questions concerning this report, call Walter Spilka Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 3/31/2005